The local assembly of bishops is the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (Portuguese: Conferencia Episcopal de Moçambique, CEM). The ECM is a member of the Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) and Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM).
List of Presidents of the Bishops' Conference:
1967-1969: Custódio Alvim Pereira, Archbishop of Maputo
1969-1975: Francisco Nunes Teixeira, Bishop of Quelimane
1975-1976: Manuel Vieira Pinto, Archbishop of Nampula
1976-1986: Jaime Pedro Gonçalves, Archbishop of Beira
1986-1993: Paulo Mandlate, Bishop of Tete
1993-2002: Francisco João Silota, Bishop of Chimoio
2002-2006: Jaime Pedro Gonçalves, Archbishop of Beira
2006-2009: Tume Makhweliha, Archbishop of Nampula
From 2009: Lucio Andrice Muandula, Bishop of Xai-Xai